Print


Professional Standard Viewer Professional(TS)

Print Settings and Execution

The following describes the steps to print the displayed PDF.

  1. Select [Print] from the [File] menu.
  2. Select the printer you want to print with. You can change the print settings of the selected printer by pressing [Property].
  3. Set the print area, printing unit, and page handling.
    Page area
    All Prints the entire PDF file. 
    Select Page Only the specified page numbers are printed. 
    Divide the print job Select this for large spools. By dividing the print job, the number of printing delays and errors can be decreased. 
    Printing unit
    The number of copies Specify the number of copies to print.
    Print by the page unit If you are printing a PDF with multiple pages in more than one copy, turning on this checkbox allows you to print each copy separately.
    Page Handling
    Adjust to the paper size

    When this checkbox is on, the PDF content will be enlarged or reduced to fit the paper size for printing.

    However, depending on the intent of the PDF creator or the application used to create the PDF, enlargement or reduction may not be allowed.

    Auto-Rotate Pages When this checkbox is on, the printer’s settings are ignored, and the orientation of the paper is automatically rotated based on the page size of the PDF.
    Choose paper source by PDF page size When this checkbox is on, the printer’s settings are ignored, and the paper size is automatically selected based on the page size of the PDF.
    Pages per sheet Specify the number of pages to fit on one sheet. (N-UP printing)
    Page Order Specify the arrangement order of each page during N-UP printing.
    Print Target See: Print Target
  4. Press [OK] to start printing.
  • For Print mode, Print quality (Rendering resolution), and Print position, please set them in advance in the [Print Settings] tab of the preferences as needed.
  • Even if the initial print settings information (viewer preferences) is embedded in the PDF, it may not apply to some settings. In such cases, please set manually as needed.

Print Target

You can select the print target from four types: [Document], [Document and Annotation], [Document and Form], and [Document and Annotation and Form].

Detail Setting

By pressing [Detail Setting], you can select the type of annotation and form to be printed in more detail.

Among the checkboxes for annotations and forms, those that are ON will be printed, and those that are OFF will not be printed. 

Annotation print settings

Annotation print settings
Text This refers to the annotation that is displayed as [Text] in the [Annotation] tab of the navigator.
  • ProfessionalProfessional(TS): You can add it using [Add memo] in the [Annotation] menu.
Link This refers to an annotation that jumps to a specified page or URL when clicked.
  • Links added to the PDF using Professional do not have appearance data to be printed within the file, so they will not be printed regardless of whether this function is enabled or disabled.
    If links are added using products other than ours and they have appearance data, they can be controlled by this function.
Free text This refers to the annotation that is displayed as [Free Text] in the [Annotation] tab of the navigator.
  • ProfessionalProfessional(TS): You can add it using [Free Text] in the [Annotation] menu.
Line This refers to the annotation that is displayed as [Line] in the [Annotation] tab of the navigator.
  • ProfessionalProfessional(TS): You can add it using [Line] in the [Annotation] menu.
Rectangle This refers to the annotation that is displayed as [Square] in the [Annotation] tab of the navigator.
  • ProfessionalProfessional(TS): You can add it using [Rectangle] in the [Annotation] menu.
Elipse This refers to the annotation that is displayed as [Circle] in the [Annotation] tab of the navigator.
  • ProfessionalProfessional(TS): You can add it using [Elipse] in the [Annotation] menu.
Polygon This refers to the annotation that is displayed as [Polygon] in the [Annotation] tab of the navigator.
  • This feature is not supported, so it cannot be added.
PolyLine This refers to the annotation that is displayed as [PolyLine] in the [Annotation] tab of the navigator.
  • This feature is not supported, so it cannot be added.
Marker This refers to the annotation that is displayed as [Highlight] in the [Annotation] tab of the navigator.
  • ProfessionalProfessional(TS): You can add it using [Elipse] in the [Annotation] menu.
Underline This refers to the annotation that is displayed as [Underline] in the [Annotation] tab of the navigator.
  • ProfessionalProfessional(TS): You can add it using [UnderLine] in the [Annotation] menu.
Squiggly This refers to the annotation that is displayed as [Squiggly] in the [Annotation] tab of the navigator.
  • ProfessionalProfessional(TS): You can add it using [Squiggly] in the [Annotation] menu.
Strikeout This refers to the annotation that is displayed as [StrikeOut] in the [Annotation] tab of the navigator.
  • ProfessionalProfessional(TS): You can add it using [Strikeout] in the [Annotation] menu.
Stamp This refers to the annotation that is displayed as [Stamp] in the [Annotation] tab of the navigator.
  • ProfessionalProfessional(TS): You can add it using [Stamp] in the [Annotation] menu.
Caret This refers to the annotation that inserts text at the cursor position.
  • This feature is not supported, so it cannot be added or edited.
Ink This refers to the annotation that is displayed as [Ink] in the [Annotation] tab of the navigator.
  • You can add it using [Pencil] in the [Annotation] menu.
  • This is different from the sign added using the ink input function.
Attach file This refers to the annotation that is displayed as [Attachment file annotation] in the [File Attachments] tab of the navigator.
  • ProfessionalProfessional(TS): You can add it using [Attach file] in the [Annotation] menu.
Sound This refers to the annotation that embeds an audio file.
  • This feature is not supported, so it cannot be added or edited.
Movie This refers to the annotation that embeds a video file.
  • This feature is not supported, so it cannot be added or edited.
Screen This refers to the annotation for playing media clips.
  • This feature is not supported, so it cannot be added or edited.
PrinterMark This refers to the annotation for symbols like registration marks, color bars, and crop marks.
  • This feature is not supported, so it cannot be added or edited.
TrapNet This refers to the annotation defining overlapped areas created along adjacent color boundaries to prevent color misalignment during printing.
  • This feature is not supported, so it cannot be added or edited.
3D This refers to the annotation inserting 3D data.
  • This feature is not supported, so it cannot be added or edited.
RichMedia This refers to the annotation inserting sound or video.
  • SmartWorker: You can add it using [Sound] or [Video] in the [Annotation] menu.
Other Annotations other than those mentioned above.

Form print settings

Form print settings
TextBox Form fields for entering letters, numbers, etc.
ListBox Form fields for selecting one or more from a list of choices set in advance by the creator.
ComboBox Form fields for selecting one of multiple choices set in advance by the creator.
PushButton Form fields that execute a set action.
CheckBox Form fields with individual on or off status.
RadioButton Form fields with individual on or off status, capable of being grouped.
Signature Form fields for adding digital signatures.
  • This feature is not supported, so it cannot be added or edited.
Other Forms other than those mentioned above.

 

Ignore print control attributes

When the 'Ignore print control attributes' checkbox is enabled, the application disregards any attributes preventing the printing of annotations or the form itself.

Right-Click Printing

To print the PDF file(s) you want, select them (multiple selection is possible), and execute [Print with SkyPDF 8] from the right-click menu.

In the case of Windows 11, to display [Print with SkyPDF 8] in the right-click menu, you need to select [Show more options]. 

Right-click printing basically inherits the settings from the last print execution, but some settings are fixed and will not be reflected even if changed.

Settings for Right-Click Printing
Printer Set to the printer configured as the ‘Default Printer’ in the OS
Print area All pages (Fixed) 
Printing unit 1 (Fixed)
Adjust to the paper size Settings from the last print execution
Auto-Rotate Pages Settings from the last print execution
Choose paper sourse by PDF page size Settings from the last print execution
Pages per sheet 1 (Fixed)
Page Order (Invalid)
Print Target Settings from the last print execution
Detail Setting Settings from the last print execution
  • The print mode, print quality (rendering resolution), and print position set in the [Print Settings] tab of the Preferences are all applied at the time of print execution.